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what about the impact on the city's economy? >> oh, the impact on the economy means you are talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. this is a great city to have a convention and the reason is there's something in washington, d.c. for everybody. so while you may have the conventioners at the convention, this is a city where you can bring your family and they can go on tours and museums and there's a lot of free stuff here where you would not have in new york or atlantic city or chicago or philadelphia, and so this is going to be a big boom, and it's a good thing that they finally got this thing going and rolling. >> for a lot of corporations, we are talking about the seat of the government, which is there is leverage there. >> is it going to be competition for national harbor? >> well, now -- >> the argument is everybody should be -- they can absorb all of it. there's enough people that want to come to washington that will for one reason or another will go to the harbor or the hotel, and the hotel has a unique position, and there's only
what about the impact on the city's economy? >> oh, the impact on the economy means you are talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. this is a great city to have a convention and the reason is there's something in washington, d.c. for everybody. so while you may have the conventioners at the convention, this is a city where you can bring your family and they can go on tours and museums and there's a lot of free stuff here where you would not have in new york or atlantic city or chicago or...
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defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our economy. it's now up to governor bob mcdonnell to decide. >>> it is now up to governor bob mcdonnell to decide whether parents will be able to access facebook accounts after they've died. the virginia senate gave final approval to a bill allowing parents or legal guardians to access media accounts once a minor has died. this was prompted by a central virginia couple whose teenage son took his own life. they hope to find answers about his suicide from his facebook page. they were locked out because of federal privacy laws. >> horrified that the internet industry and the social media industry could take our rights away to even look for something. >> facebook calls instances like that tragic situations. the company says it always tries to help families as much as possible without breaking federal and state laws. >> an office supply super deem. rivals are in merger talks. seema mody has the details. >> good morning. another big name merger in the works. office max and office depot have been in tal
defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our economy. it's now up to governor bob mcdonnell to decide. >>> it is now up to governor bob mcdonnell to decide whether parents will be able to access facebook accounts after they've died. the virginia senate gave final approval to a bill allowing parents or legal guardians to access media accounts once a minor has died. this was prompted by a central virginia couple whose teenage son took his own life. they hope to find answers about...
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defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our economy. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is making a personal appeal to president obama to avert the potentially devastating cuts. he wrote a letter to the president asking him to make good on the campaign pledge to avoid the sequestration. >>> supreme court justices return to capitol hill today to hear arguments and release decisions during their spring term. they'll begin with a case pitting a small town farmer against agriculture giant monsan monsanto. next week the court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of a part of the voting rights act requiring southern states to get approval from the government before they can change voting laws. an alabama county says that requirement is outdated. >>> later this morning, the mother of a murdered child is suing the psychiatrist who evaluated the baby's father. they should have never allowed him unsupervised visits with their child. rams is accused of drowning prince mcloud rams last month. an affidavit said joaquin took out several life
defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our economy. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is making a personal appeal to president obama to avert the potentially devastating cuts. he wrote a letter to the president asking him to make good on the campaign pledge to avoid the sequestration. >>> supreme court justices return to capitol hill today to hear arguments and release decisions during their spring term. they'll begin with a case pitting a small town farmer against agriculture...
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its authors say government spending makes up 20% of our local economy. defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our ecomony. >>> many of us buy a fancy sports car or jump out of a plane. how the first lady handled her mid life crisis. >>> a warning for women who can't make it through the morning without that cup of coffee. >>> the active scene off shore that has you looking for a new place to go swimming. >>> it's dry now. but you want to grab your umbrella. your soggy forecast and danella checks i-66 next with weather >>> take a look at cell phone sid yoe from hawaii. this splashing is from half a dozen tiger sharks. a marine biologist took the video on the island of oahu. he called authorities because swimmers were nearby. a boat traveled around warning people about the sharks. no one was hurt. i know they were getting out of there fast. >> tom will be here in a second with the forecast. yesterday we had the video of the like a thousand dolphins in the little school or a university if it's that many. >> a university. ha ha. i think the difference
its authors say government spending makes up 20% of our local economy. defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our ecomony. >>> many of us buy a fancy sports car or jump out of a plane. how the first lady handled her mid life crisis. >>> a warning for women who can't make it through the morning without that cup of coffee. >>> the active scene off shore that has you looking for a new place to go swimming. >>> it's dry now. but you want to grab your...
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that area's economy is entirely -- he is heavily, if not entirely dependent on the military. it will weaken national security. news 4 will have you covered as the sequestration showdown continues. we'll bring you every development as that march 1st deadline approaches. you'll find the latest updates at nbcwashington.com. >>> anne arundel county will try to put a scandal era behind it. laura newman will officially assume the role at 10:00 replacing disgraced executive john leopold. leopold resigned at the beginning of the month after being found guilty of misconduct in this office. he used his private security detail to run personal and political errands and take him to sexual encounters. she's the economic development chief currently. she'll uphold the term running through 2014. >>> a young boy might want to change his definition of emergency. the matter that had the child calling 911. >>> the actions the tsa is taking after the patdown of a young girl in a wheelchair sparked outrage. >>> plus, why the fancy meal you ordered may not be what is brought out to you when you dine
that area's economy is entirely -- he is heavily, if not entirely dependent on the military. it will weaken national security. news 4 will have you covered as the sequestration showdown continues. we'll bring you every development as that march 1st deadline approaches. you'll find the latest updates at nbcwashington.com. >>> anne arundel county will try to put a scandal era behind it. laura newman will officially assume the role at 10:00 replacing disgraced executive john leopold....
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the area's economy is heavily dependent on the military. the president will likely argue that the cuts associated with sequestration will weaken national security. >>> the president also reaching out to republican leaders to try to work out a last-minute deal. he called house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. still working to figure out what the sides said. but the white house describes those talks as good conversations. >>> civilian employees at the defense department are facing furloughs if the sequestration takes effect. but it isn't just government workers who will feel the impact. many businesses are already seeing their bottom lines hurt. pentagon employees are adjusting how they spend their money. one business owner says it feels like we're in another recession. >> i mean, do they fix their car or buy their medicine or do they buy their groceries or pay their mortgage whatever is left over they hunker down on because they don't know what tomorrow is bringing. >> tens of thousands of civilian d
the area's economy is heavily dependent on the military. the president will likely argue that the cuts associated with sequestration will weaken national security. >>> the president also reaching out to republican leaders to try to work out a last-minute deal. he called house speaker john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday. still working to figure out what the sides said. but the white house describes those talks as good conversations. >>> civilian...
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democrats are holding a hearing on capitol hill, looking into the impact of sequestration on the american economy, middle-class families, and small businesses. wednesday, defense secretary leon panetta formally notified congress of the pentagon's plan to furlough civilian employees should congress not act to stop those automatic spending cuts from going into effect on march 1, just eight days from now. >>> and government agencies all over the country holding their breath to see if congress will make a deal. the national institutes of health would lose $1.at billion in funding -- $1.5 billion in funding if a deal is not made. that means millions of americans whose lives depend on advanced treatments and research, they'll have to go without. nih, cancer, hiv, and alzheimer's research would come to a halt. >>> border protection and transit agents could be out of jobs because of cuts. the wait times for flights could double. you could find yourself in line for three hours to get through security and six hours to get through customs. >>> house speaker john boehner submitted an op-ed in the "wall stree
democrats are holding a hearing on capitol hill, looking into the impact of sequestration on the american economy, middle-class families, and small businesses. wednesday, defense secretary leon panetta formally notified congress of the pentagon's plan to furlough civilian employees should congress not act to stop those automatic spending cuts from going into effect on march 1, just eight days from now. >>> and government agencies all over the country holding their breath to see if...